18 acquitted in massive Brussels Airport 2013 diamond heist

BRUSSELS (AP) — Five years after a brazen multimillion-dollar diamond heist on the tarmac of Brussels Airport, a Belgian court on Thursday cited a lack of evidence as it acquitted 18 suspects in the case. The massive 2013 theft, in which tens of millions worth of gems were stolen from the hold of a departing... Read More

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May 18, 2018

Trump can’t delay lawsuit from ‘Apprentice’ contestant

NEW YORK (AP) — Former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos can proceed with her defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump, at least for now, a court said on Thursday. The ruling by the state Supreme Court’s appellate division means Zervos’ lawyers can press ahead with a demand for Trump campaign documents and other records while they... Read More

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Donald Trump, Summer Zervos

May 18, 2018

Gambling, tech firms scramble for foothold in sports betting

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The prospect of legal sports betting throughout the United States has prompted a flurry of deals among gambling and technology firms who want a foothold in the billion-dollar industry. Casinos, race tracks, daily fantasy sports companies and others are itching to offer bets in person and online after the Supreme... Read More

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Sports Betting

May 18, 2018

1 year on, Robert Mueller is everywhere and nowhere

WASHINGTON (AP) — Unlike the president, Robert Mueller hasn’t uttered one word in public about his Russia investigation in the year since he was appointed special counsel. And that is rattling just about everyone involved. What’s he up to? When will he bring the probe to an end? He doesn’t have to say, and he’s... Read More

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Robert Mueller

May 17, 2018

Bumble Bee CEO indicted on charge he fixed canned tuna price

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. prosecutors filed a criminal charge Wednesday against the CEO of Bumble Bee Foods as part of an ongoing investigation into price fixing in the packaged seafood industry. A grand jury in San Francisco indicted Christopher Lischewski on one count of price fixing, alleging that from November 2010 to December 2013... Read More

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Bumble Bee Foods, Christopher Lischewski

May 17, 2018

Guilt for gilt: Jury convicts Goldman in theft of gold bar

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Two thieves await sentencing for stealing a 17th-century gold bar from a museum in Key West. Jarred Alexander Goldman of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was found guilty Wednesday of conspiracy and theft of a major artwork. That artwork was a bar of gold recovered from the 1622 wreck of a... Read More

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Jarred Alexander Goldman

May 17, 2018

Judge wants to ensure ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ is paying back

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge in New York City says she wants to make sure real-life “Wolf of Wall Street” Jordan Belfort continues to pay back the nearly $100 million he owes in restitution. The judge told Belfort’s lawyers Wednesday at a garnishment hearing that she’s focused on getting his roughly $97 million... Read More

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Jordan Belfort

May 17, 2018

US jury finds Oregon man guilty of abusing Cambodian orphans

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A U.S. jury found a Christian missionary from Oregon guilty Wednesday of multiple sex abuse charges for molesting children living at an unlicensed Cambodian orphanage that he operated in Phnom Penh over a period of years. Daniel Stephen Johnson, 40, was convicted of six counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct... Read More

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Stephen Johnson

May 17, 2018

Judge rules Confederate statues removal by Memphis is legal

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The removal of three statues of Confederate leaders from public parks in Memphis, Tennessee, did not violate state law because they were on private property when they were torn down, a judge ruled Wednesday. Davidson County Chancellor Ellen Hobbs Lyle in Nashville said the move by Memphis to bring down the... Read More

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May 17, 2018

Judge to decide Florida ban on smokable medical marijuana

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge will soon decide if patients approved to use medical marijuana will be allowed to smoke it. Leon County circuit court Judge Karen Gievers heard testimony Wednesday from two women with terminal illnesses challenging the state’s ban on smoking cannabis. Voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2016 allowing the... Read More

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Marijuana

May 17, 2018

Justices to hear appeal in ambush attack that killed officer

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man on death row for killing one Pennsylvania state trooper and wounding another to act out his anti-government beliefs wants the state Supreme Court to throw out his conviction. Lawyers for Eric Frein and Pike County prosecutors are scheduled to argue before the justices in Harrisburg on Thursday, nearly four... Read More

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Eric Frein

May 17, 2018

Suit: Homeless man jailed after trying to eat at Burger King

BOSTON (AP) — Emory Ellis, a black homeless man in Boston, was hungry so he went to Burger King one morning in 2015. But instead of breakfast, Ellis got a ride to the police station and more than three months in jail after he was wrongfully accused of using counterfeit cash, he says. Now Ellis... Read More

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Emory Ellis

May 17, 2018

Iowa abortion suit won’t have easy path to US Supreme Court

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Supporters of the nation’s strictest abortion law are hoping a lawsuit filed against the Iowa measure will bring the issue back before the U.S. Supreme Court, but constitutional experts say that’s unlikely because of a legal maneuver by abortion-rights groups. The Iowa affiliates of the American Civil Liberties Union and... Read More

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Abortion

May 17, 2018

Turkish banker gets 32-month sentence in Iran sanctions case

NEW YORK (AP) — In a case that strained relations between the United States and Turkey, a judge sentenced a Turkish banker on Wednesday to just over two and a half years in prison, ignoring recommendations that he spend decades behind bars for his role in helping Iran evade U.S. economic sanctions. U.S. District Judge... Read More

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Mehmet Hakan Atilla

18 acquitted in massive Brussels Airport 2013 diamond heist

Trump can’t delay lawsuit from ‘Apprentice’ contestant

Gambling, tech firms scramble for foothold in sports betting

1 year on, Robert Mueller is everywhere and nowhere

Bumble Bee CEO indicted on charge he fixed canned tuna price

Guilt for gilt: Jury convicts Goldman in theft of gold bar

Judge wants to ensure ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ is paying back

US jury finds Oregon man guilty of abusing Cambodian orphans

Judge rules Confederate statues removal by Memphis is legal

Judge to decide Florida ban on smokable medical marijuana

Justices to hear appeal in ambush attack that killed officer

Suit: Homeless man jailed after trying to eat at Burger King

Iowa abortion suit won’t have easy path to US Supreme Court

Turkish banker gets 32-month sentence in Iran sanctions case

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